Jamaican Athletes Test Positive For Doping

According to Jamaican Amateur Athletics Federation, the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission, and the International Amateur Athletics Federation five Jamaican athletes who were to be on the team for next month’s World Championships have tested positive for doping.

An Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport has named the give athletes. According to them they are Yohan Blake training partner of Bolt, 200m runner Marvin Anderson, 100m sprinter Sheri-Ann Brooks, and 400m runners Allodin Fothergill and Lanceford Spence.

At this points these are only speculation since no confimation is available. The substance the athletes were caught using is same for all five. According to Dr. Herb Elliott, a member of both the IAAF’s Medical and Anti-Doping Commission the substance was not any hard stuff. Now we can only wait and see what is revealed next!